On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 10:48:02PM -0600, Rob Landley wrote: > Why does ./configure die on a system that hasn't got zlib installed unless > you > tell it --disable-zlib? > > Isn't the point of configure to find out what you have and haven't got on > your > system, and build accordingly?
In general missing zlib support will result in noticably slower interactive SSH session (at least over remote links). Since it's an easy thing to miss I prefer needing it to be explicitly disabled. I guess an alternative would be to print a clearer list of which options are selected after configure finishes. Cheers, Matt
